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Bestseller Retail Europe A/S

Public limited companyCVR 19082075BrandeActive

Bestseller Retail Europe A/S is a public limited company, based in Brande, active in activities of non-financial head offices, founded in 1995. Net profit rose 9% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 803.2m. Profit has grown three years in a row. Equity grew to DKK 2.3bn in 2025.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 84.2m+8.2% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 803.2m+9.2% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 2.3bn+21.4% vs. 2024
Employees81latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 12% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 61.3m.
  • Revenue rose 8% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 84.2m.
  • Net profit rose 9% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 803.2m.
  • Equity rose 21% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.3bn.

Employees

  • 14 more employees than a year earlier: 81 (08/2026) against 67 (08/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)

Calculated from the latest two annual reports in sequence and from registrations in CVR. A figure that is missing in either year gives no line, and we derive no figures.

Financial statements

Financial years 2020–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

DKK 0DKK 500mDKK 1bnDKK 1.5bnDKK 2bnDKK 2.5bn202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Bestseller Retail Europe A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot stated66,52577,76384,174+8.2%
Gross profit56,11950,30648,74650,70654,81161,284+11.8%
Operating profit (EBIT)5,520−451−5,115−11,1622,804−17,303−717%
Profit before tax137,259152,636493,031590,012729,896797,856+9.3%
Net profit136,253153,355494,634602,656735,337803,183+9.2%
Total assets1,279,2941,456,4781,762,3762,285,4232,314,9472,616,918+13%
Equity1,068,6901,062,0461,399,9931,500,8361,895,5002,301,488+21.4%
Liabilities207,735390,247356,911784,288419,157315,219−24.8%
Cash and cash equivalents102,471132,312184,27845,89643,47323,804−45.2%
Average number of employees524656575667+19.6%

Source: annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority (XBRL). Figures for the company (not the group); change is the latest year against the year before. “–” means the figure is not stated in the annual report. Revenue is not stated for 2020, 2021, 2022: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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DKK 0DKK 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40mDKK 50mDKK 60m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (310 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • Profit for five years in a row

    Net result has been positive in 2021–2025.

    How is this calculated?

    Net result is positive in the five latest annual reports in a row.

The signals are rules applied to the figures in the annual reports. They are not an assessment or credit rating of the company. See Data and method.

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Bestseller Retail Europe A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/08/2024 – 31/07/202510/10/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/08/2023 – 31/07/202414/10/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202301/08/2022 – 31/07/202309/10/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202201/08/2021 – 31/07/202212/10/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202101/08/2020 – 31/07/202121/10/2021The companyPDFXBRL
202001/08/2019 – 31/07/202012/10/2020The companyPDFXBRL

The figures from all the annual reports are shown on this page. The documents themselves (PDF and XBRL, the machine-readable edition) are downloaded with a Pro account: sign in or create a free account, and then choose Pro. XBRL is the edition the figures on the page are read from.

Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

310 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in activities of non-financial head offices based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 61.3mNo. 110 of 276
Better than 60% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 2.3bnNo. 47 of 310
Better than 85% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees81No. 128 of 310
Better than 59% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 31.9m, net profit DKK 3.9m, equity DKK 179.4m, 49 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 2.7mDKK 75.2mDKK 2.1bnDKK 18.8bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 235 companies in the industry (latest financial year, logarithmic scale). Amber bar: where this company sits.

Compared with similar companies

size, age and company form
Rank among similar companies
GroupGross profitEquity
Companies with 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison
No. 1,387of 4,412
Better than 69%
No. 49of 4,466
Better than 99%
Same industry and 50–199 employees71 companies in the comparison
No. 27of 60
Better than 56%
No. 14of 71
Better than 81%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 1,265of 10,152
Better than 88%
No. 107of 10,275
Better than 99%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 2,421of 17,786
Better than 86%
No. 210of 18,024
Better than 99%

The rank is calculated among companies in the database with a figure for the latest financial year, and is shown only for groups of at least ten companies.

Compare with the industry

Activities of non-financial head offices
Gross profit
  1. Bestseller Retail Europe A/SDKK 61.3m
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 56.6bn
  3. Demant A/SDKK 17.4bn
Net profit
  1. Bestseller Retail Europe A/SDKK 803.2m
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 16.7bn
  3. Demant A/SDKK 1.5bn
Equity
  1. Bestseller Retail Europe A/SDKK 2.3bn
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 49.3bn
  3. Demant A/SDKK 9.9bn
Employees
  1. Bestseller Retail Europe A/S81
  2. LEGO A/S5
  3. Demant A/S58

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
Bestseller Retail Europe A/S

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Bestseller Retail Europe A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Finn PoulsenDirector18/01/2001

Board of directors

Board of directors at Bestseller Retail Europe A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Finn PoulsenBoard member22/12/1995
Poul Bækgaard LaursenBoard member18/01/2001
Anders Holch PovlsenChair of the board17/08/2006
Founders
Troels Holch Povlsen, Finn Poulsen, Merete Bech Povlsen
Former management (4)
Former management at Bestseller Retail Europe A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Merete Bech PovlsenBoard member22/12/199518/01/2001
Troels Holch PovlsenChair of the board18/01/200117/08/2006
Troels Holch PovlsenDirector18/01/200118/01/2001
Jens HøgstedBoard member18/01/200127/11/2007

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af direktionen eller af den samlede bestyrelse

Address and production units

1 active production units

Fredskovvej 1
7330 Brande

Ikast-Brande Municipality · Postcode 7330

Other companies at the address (1)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
BESTSELLER RETAIL EUROPE A/SFredskovvej 1, 7330 Brande811003700207

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive virksomhed med investering

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

35 registered events
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20201 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20083 changesownership 2 · industry 1
  • POULSEN RETAIL HOLDING A/S registered as owner (25%)
  • BESTSELLER A/S registered as owner (66.67%)
  • Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)
20072 changesmanagement 1 · address 1
  • Jens Høgsted stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Fredskovvej 1, 7330 Brande
20063 changesmanagement 2 · industry 1
  • Anders Holch Povlsen appointed chair of the board
  • Troels Holch Povlsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Industry changed to Ikke-finansielle holdingselskaber (741500)
20051 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Anden virksomhedsrådgivning (741490)
20041 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 57,000,000 DKK to 61,000,000 DKK
20031 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 39,000,000 DKK to 57,000,000 DKK
20022 changesaddress 1 · industry 1
  • Moved to Fredskovvej 1, 7330 Brande
  • Industry changed to Rådgivning og medvirken ved personaleudvælgelse (745030)
200112 changescapital 2 · industry 2 · address 1 · management 7
  • Share capital changed from 31,000,000 DKK to 39,000,000 DKK
  • Industry changed to Anden virksomhedsrådgivning (741490)
  • Moved to Industrivej 23, 7330 Brande
  • Share capital changed from 1,000,000 DKK to 31,000,000 DKK
  • Poul Bækgaard Laursen appointed board member
  • Troels Holch Povlsen appointed director
  • Troels Holch Povlsen stepped down as director
  • Jens Høgsted appointed board member
  • Troels Holch Povlsen appointed chair of the board
  • Finn Poulsen appointed director
  • Merete Bech Povlsen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med beklædning (514210)
19953 changesfounded 1 · management 2
  • Registered as BESTSELLER RETAIL EUROPE A/S
  • Finn Poulsen appointed board member
  • Merete Bech Povlsen appointed board member

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Source and updates

The information comes from the Danish Central Business Register (Danish Business Authority) and from annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority. Last synchronised 24/10/2026.

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